President Moon Jae-in and his wife Kim Jung-sook, clad in hanbok, attend a ceremony marking the 100th anniversary of the March 1 Independence Movement against Japan's colonial rule at Gwanghwamun Square in central Seoul, Friday. Yonhap |
Members of conservative groups march through the center of Seoul, Friday, in protest against the Moon government. Korea Times photo by Hong In-ki |
Singer Insooni performs during March 1 Movement anniversary celebrations at Gwanghwamun Square in central Seoul, Friday. Yonhap |
Ewha Girls' High School students and the school's alumni march on Jeongdong-gil in Seoul, Friday. Yu Gwan-sun, an iconic independence fighter, was a student at Ewha Haktang, the school's predecessor, which missionaries established as the first modern educational institution for women in Korea. Yu died at 17 while imprisoned for leading pro-independence rallies. Yonhap |
The Air Force Black Eagles aerobatic team flies over the crowd celebrations at Gwanghwamun Square in Seoul, Friday. Yonhap |
Christians attend celebrate the anniversary at Chungdong First Methodist Church in Seoul, Friday. American missionary Henry Gerhard Appenzeller established Korea's first church of this denomination in 1897. Yonhap |